Last week while climbing with a newby, my yellow #0.2 BD cam got stuck as he CRAMMED that thing way back in there, halfway up the first pitch. I tried for a half-hour to get it out with no luck and alot of bloody knuckles.

I know the ethic....your free it, you own it....but if you got it out, can you at least tell me HOW you did it?

I heard about a cam removal trick from crusty old tradder and got to try it out recently. There were two over-cammed cams on this one climb, neither of which I was able to get out until I poured water over the lobes. Seems like common sense, water is a lubricant after all. Perhaps everyone knows this one, but it was a new trick to me.